simulation

Enhancements include tools to speed up testing and experimentation process

The latest release of MapleSim™, the Modelica®-based physical modelling and simulation platform, has been announced by Maplesoft™ (Waterloo, Canada). With tighter Modelica integration, as well as more simulation, analysis and connectivity capabilities, MapleSim 6 is available from Adept Scientific (Letchworth, Herts) and offers even more ways for engineers to meet and exceed their system-level requirements.

MapleSim is based on the open standard Modelica modelling language for describing physical models and components. In MapleSim 6 support for Modelica is enhanced in many ways making it even easier for engineers to take control of their modelling and analysis. MapleSim 6 includes a view that instantly shows the corresponding Modelica code for any subsystem or component. By looking at the code engineers can tell precisely what their model is doing and more easily correct or improve its behaviour. Other Modelica features include the ability to open and immediately use Modelica files inside MapleSim; the ability to easily save any MapleSim model as a Modelica file; and, through the new MapleSim Connector for FMI, the ability to export MapleSim models in a standard format that was established with the help of the Modelica Association which is easily understood by other FMI-compliant tools.

“The combination of Modelica, an open, object-oriented, system-level modelling language, with the symbolic computation power of MapleSim enables a level of understanding, power and extensibility that is not possible with “black-box” tools,” says Dr Laurent Bernardin, Executive Vice-President and Chief Scientist at Maplesoft. “With the new features in MapleSim 6 it’s even easier for our customers to gain deeper insight into their designs, rapidly completing their most innovative projects and then passing their results down the toolchain.”

Maplesoft has expanded the entire MapleSim product suite by releasing several additional add-on products, many created in partnership with industry leaders. The MapleSim Connector for FMI lets users export models to other FMI-compliant tools; the MapleSim Connector for B&R Automation Studio enables the transfer of physical models into the integrated development environment of B&R Automation Studio; and the MapleSim Connector for VI-CarRealTime™ allows engineers to incorporate high-fidelity, multidomain models created in MapleSim into the real-time vehicle simulation environment of VI-CarRealTime.

MapleSim 6 also offers several features that reduce development time by speeding up the testing and experimentation process. MapleSim 6 supports the ability to access external code directly from within their simulations. For example, customers can simplify their testing by calling external controller code directly from within MapleSim instead of exporting the MapleSim model to another tool. MapleSim 6 also includes a new “snapshots” feature that speeds up experimentation by allowing customers to start experiments from any time-step and initial condition without having to rerun the model every time. This release also provides the ability to run batch simulations and optimisations in parallel, taking advantage of multiple CPUs to complete the computations significantly faster.

The Maplesoft product range is supplied and supported by Adept Scientific in the UK, Ireland, Scandinavia and the Nordic countries.

About Maplesoft

Maplesoft, a subsidiary of Cybernet Systems Co Ltd in Japan, has over 20 years of experience developing products for technical education and research, offering a solution that applies to every aspect of academic life. Its product suite reflects the philosophy that given great tools, people can do great things.

Maplesoft’s core technology is the world’s most advanced symbolic computation engine which is the foundation for all of its products, including Maple™, the technical computing and documentation environment; MapleSim™, the high-performance, multi-domain modelling and simulation tool for physical systems; and Maple T.A., a web-based system for creating and assessing online tests and assignments.

About Adept Scientific plc

Adept Scientific is one of the world’s leading suppliers of software and hardware products for research, scientific, engineering and technical applications on desktop computers and has offices in the UK, Germany and throughout the Nordic region. Full details and contact information for all Adept Scientific international offices are available at www.adeptscience.com; or telephone +44 (0) 203 695 7810.

New to Adept Scientific’s (Letchworth, Herts) simulation product range is CircuitLogix from Logic Design Inc (Redmond, WA). CircuitLogix is a software program that converts your personal computer into a fully-functioning electronics laboratory with thousands of components and devices that are easily interconnected.

CircuitLogix is the electronics lab simulation software which provides fast, powerful schematic design and simulation in one complete program. With the flexibility to design and test electronic circuits, trying all the ‘what if’ scenarios without ever worrying about faulty parts or bad connections, CircuitLogix supports analogue, digital and mixed-signal circuits and its proven SPICE simulation gives accurate real-World results you can trust.

CircuitLogix Pro, the professional version, contains both 2D schematic simulation as well as a 3D simulation package called 3DLab. CircuitLogix Pro also contains over 10,000 models and devices and features a device editor which allows you to make your own electronic devices.

CircuitLogix is supplied and supported by Adept Scientific in the UK, Ireland, Germany, Scandinavia and the Nordic countries.

With offices in the UK, Germany and throughout the Nordic region, Adept Scientific is one of the World’s leading suppliers of software and hardware products for research, scientific, engineering and technical applications on desktop computers. Full details and contact information for all Adept Scientific international offices are available at www.adeptscience.com; or telephone +44 (0) 203 695 7810.

For the time being we are unable to offer the following product ranges although we are currently working hard to increase the number of products we can offer in the future. Please contact us to talk about alternative products that we may be able to offer you.